I'm not sure what may cause this, but when I enable this plugin, upon creating a new note, I am not brought into the title bar to rename the note and when I press F2, it does not enter file rename ...

F2 is the hotkey in Windows, which can help you rename a file or folder. You need to simply select a file or folder, and press F2 (or Fn+F2) to rename it quickly. However, if that stops working, then ...